diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 93edad7b..c4b0c46d 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/charmbracelet/bubbles v0.16.1
 	github.com/charmbracelet/bubbletea v0.24.2
 	github.com/charmbracelet/lipgloss v0.10.0
-	github.com/charmbracelet/log v0.4.0
 	github.com/civo/civogo v0.3.53
 	github.com/denisbrodbeck/machineid v1.0.1
 	github.com/dustin/go-humanize v1.0.1
@@ -95,7 +94,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/fvbommel/sortorder v1.0.2 // indirect
 	github.com/ghodss/yaml v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/go-errors/errors v1.4.2 // indirect
-	github.com/go-logfmt/logfmt v0.6.0 // indirect
 	github.com/go-openapi/jsonpointer v0.20.0 // indirect
 	github.com/go-openapi/jsonreference v0.20.2 // indirect
 	github.com/go-openapi/swag v0.22.4 // indirect
@@ -159,6 +157,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/segmentio/analytics-go v3.1.0+incompatible // indirect
 	github.com/segmentio/backo-go v1.0.1 // indirect
 	github.com/skeema/knownhosts v1.1.0 // indirect
+	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0 // indirect
 	github.com/thanhpk/randstr v1.0.6 // indirect
 	github.com/vmihailenco/go-tinylfu v0.2.1 // indirect
 	github.com/vmihailenco/msgpack/v5 v5.3.4 // indirect
@@ -334,4 +333,3 @@ replace (
 	k8s.io/pod-security-admission => k8s.io/pod-security-admission v0.24.2
 	k8s.io/sample-apiserver => k8s.io/sample-apiserver v0.24.2
 )
-
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index b2ac8fab..b52ea8bf 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -255,8 +255,6 @@ github.com/charmbracelet/glamour v0.6.0 h1:wi8fse3Y7nfcabbbDuwolqTqMQPMnVPeZhDM2
 github.com/charmbracelet/glamour v0.6.0/go.mod h1:taqWV4swIMMbWALc0m7AfE9JkPSU8om2538k9ITBxOc=
 github.com/charmbracelet/lipgloss v0.10.0 h1:KWeXFSexGcfahHX+54URiZGkBFazf70JNMtwg/AFW3s=
 github.com/charmbracelet/lipgloss v0.10.0/go.mod h1:Wig9DSfvANsxqkRsqj6x87irdy123SR4dOXlKa91ciE=
-github.com/charmbracelet/log v0.4.0 h1:G9bQAcx8rWA2T3pWvx7YtPTPwgqpk7D68BX21IRW8ZM=
-github.com/charmbracelet/log v0.4.0/go.mod h1:63bXt/djrizTec0l11H20t8FDSvA4CRZJ1KH22MdptM=
 github.com/checkpoint-restore/go-criu/v5 v5.3.0/go.mod h1:E/eQpaFtUKGOOSEBZgmKAcn+zUUwWxqcaKZlF54wK8E=
 github.com/chzyer/logex v1.1.10/go.mod h1:+Ywpsq7O8HXn0nuIou7OrIPyXbp3wmkHB+jjWRnGsAI=
 github.com/chzyer/readline v0.0.0-20180603132655-2972be24d48e/go.mod h1:nSuG5e5PlCu98SY8svDHJxuZscDgtXS6KTTbou5AhLI=
@@ -433,8 +431,6 @@ github.com/go-kit/log v0.1.0/go.mod h1:zbhenjAZHb184qTLMA9ZjW7ThYL0H2mk7Q6pNt4vb
 github.com/go-logfmt/logfmt v0.3.0/go.mod h1:Qt1PoO58o5twSAckw1HlFXLmHsOX5/0LbT9GBnD5lWE=
 github.com/go-logfmt/logfmt v0.4.0/go.mod h1:3RMwSq7FuexP4Kalkev3ejPJsZTpXXBr9+V4qmtdjCk=
 github.com/go-logfmt/logfmt v0.5.0/go.mod h1:wCYkCAKZfumFQihp8CzCvQ3paCTfi41vtzG1KdI/P7A=
-github.com/go-logfmt/logfmt v0.6.0 h1:wGYYu3uicYdqXVgoYbvnkrPVXkuLM1p1ifugDMEdRi4=
-github.com/go-logfmt/logfmt v0.6.0/go.mod h1:WYhtIu8zTZfxdn5+rREduYbwxfcBr/Vr6KEVveWlfTs=
 github.com/go-logr/logr v0.1.0/go.mod h1:ixOQHD9gLJUVQQ2ZOR7zLEifBX6tGkNJF4QyIY7sIas=
 github.com/go-logr/logr v0.2.0/go.mod h1:z6/tIYblkpsD+a4lm/fGIIU9mZ+XfAiaFtq7xTgseGU=
 github.com/go-logr/logr v0.4.0/go.mod h1:z6/tIYblkpsD+a4lm/fGIIU9mZ+XfAiaFtq7xTgseGU=
@@ -1106,8 +1102,9 @@ github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.0/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.1/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.2.0/go.mod h1:qt09Ya8vawLte6SNmTgCsAVtYtaKzEcn8ATUoHMkEqE=
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.4.0/go.mod h1:YvHI0jy2hoMjB+UWwv71VJQ9isScKT/TqJzVSSt89Yw=
-github.com/stretchr/objx v0.5.0 h1:1zr/of2m5FGMsad5YfcqgdqdWrIhu+EBEJRhR1U7z/c=
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.5.0/go.mod h1:Yh+to48EsGEfYuaHDzXPcE3xhTkx73EhmCGUpEOglKo=
+github.com/stretchr/objx v0.5.2 h1:xuMeJ0Sdp5ZMRXx/aWO6RZxdr3beISkG5/G/aIRr3pY=
+github.com/stretchr/objx v0.5.2/go.mod h1:FRsXN1f5AsAjCGJKqEizvkpNtU+EGNCLh3NxZ/8L+MA=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.2.2/go.mod h1:a8OnRcib4nhh0OaRAV+Yts87kKdq0PP7pXfy6kDkUVs=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.3.0/go.mod h1:M5WIy9Dh21IEIfnGCwXGc5bZfKNJtfHm1UVUgZn+9EI=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.4.0/go.mod h1:j7eGeouHqKxXV5pUuKE4zz7dFj8WfuZ+81PSLYec5m4=
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index d7227eb5..13a864bc 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -87,11 +87,13 @@ func main() {
 		}
 	}
 
-	// * create log directory
+	// * create log directory if it doesn't exist
 	logsFolder := fmt.Sprintf("%s/logs", k1Dir)
-	if err := os.Mkdir(logsFolder, 0o700); err != nil {
-		log.Error().Msgf("error creating logs directory: %v", err)
-		return
+	if _, err := os.Stat(logsFolder); os.IsNotExist(err) {
+		if err := os.Mkdir(logsFolder, 0o700); err != nil {
+			log.Error().Msgf("error creating logs directory: %v", err)
+			return
+		}
 	}
 
 	// * create session log file